MANCHESTER United boss Jose Mourinho has been sacked after a crushing defeat for the club at Liverpool on Sunday. So how much is he worth?

Jose Mourinho leaves the team after a two and a half year stint with Manchester United. The news comes after the club suffered a disappointing start to Premier League season. United stands 19 points behind the leaders, Liverpool, and have fallen off the pace in the hunt for a top-four place.

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Manchester United announced the news on Twitter, writing: “Manchester United has announced that Jose Mourinho has left the Club.

“We would like to thank him for his work during his time at Manchester United and wish him success in the future”

Relations between the manager and the executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, appeared strained after the club did not sign a central defender this summer.

The club concluded that of the players in that position targeted by Mr Mourinho whom they could potentially land, none was an upgrade on the existing squad.

A sense of disunity at United was highlighted when Mr Mourinho stripped Paul Pogba of the vice-captaincy before a Carabao Cup defeat by Derby County and confronted him at training the following morning.

Jose Mourinho net worth: Jose Mourinho leaves the team after a two and a half years (Image: Getty)

What is Jose Mourinho’s net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the 55-year-old is estimated to be worth £38million ($50m).

His annual salary with Manchester United was reported to be in the region of £18m, which equates to around £346,000 per week.

Mourinho has a remarkable spread of commercial deals that have made him extremely wealthy including Hublot watches, Jaguar, Heineken, Adidas, Atlantis hotels, Lipton Tea and EA Sports.

Jose Mourinho net worth: Mr Mourinho has seemed less than happy since the buildup to the season (Image: Getty)

Mr Mourinho has seemed less than happy since the buildup to theseason,when he described preparations as “very bad” because many of his senior players were resting after the World Cup.

The manager demanded “respect, respect, respect” for his three Premier League titles following United’s 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham in late August but will not get a chance to add a fourth at Old Trafford.

In two full seasons at Old Trafford, Mourinho won the Europa League and League Cup (2016-17) before finishing second in the Premier League last season and reaching the FA Cup final.

In that period since replacing Louis van Gaal, United’s spending stands at £364.3m on eight buys.